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"Visit to casualty on recommendation of my local..."

About: The James Cook University Hospital / Accident and emergency

Having been advised by my local surgery to seek help at casualty it was with great anxiety that I did as instructed.The receptionist I saw was extremely pleasant and helpful and I was pleased to be seen almost straight away...upon examination I was asked if I wanted to see the X-ray I had taken yesterday as I had broken a toe but didn’t understand exactly what the damage was.I knew that probably nothing could be done and this was reaffirmed.However my anxiety levels were high and as I spoke about the image I was told to stop interrupting so that the process could be dealt with quicker.Whilst I appreciate all the hard work that the staff do I found this response rude and patronising .I hadn’t expected nor wanted to go to James Cook but was only doing as advised earlier.Not the best experience but at least I got some answers regarding the X-ray and the doctor examined both feet so that was a positive.

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Response from Patient Experience Facilitator, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4 years ago
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 23/05/2019 at 09:34
Published on Care Opinion at 09:34


Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to share the story of your experience with the Trust.

Thank you for providing complimentary feedback on the A&E department, however, we are very sorry to hear about your concerns and welcome the opportunity to look into these. If you would like us to do so please make contact with our PALS team on 0800 028 2451 or via stees.pals@nhs.net. One of our PALS Officers will be able to provide more information on the next steps we can take.

Thank you again for sharing your feedback.

Kind Regards

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